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PAGE 6A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 2015
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Gina Pendley talks motorcycles & family
By Christie Pool
Staff writer
Gina Pendley is the executive
director at Georgia Mountains
Hospice. Originally from Ellijay,
she now lives in Jasper with her
husband Tom.
How long have you been with
Georgia Mountains Hospice?
I have been at Georgia Moun
tains Hospice for 20 years this
year. I cannot imagine being any
where else. I was actually work
ing for Northwest Home Health
when the Volunteer Coordinator
position became available and I
took it. I am very fortunate to be
able to say I love my job and
have been the executive director
here now for about three years.
What does your desk look like?
Of all the questions to ask, my
desk is a mess. It is actually very
hard to see my desk. I have heard
that a messy desk makes for a
creative mind - not sure if that is
true - but I know which stack
everything is located.
Tell us something most people
don’t know about you.
Maybe the fact that we ride
motorcycles. We have a Harley
and one of our vacations each
year is to take a motorcycle trip.
Pendley says her mother, who has been there for her no matter
what, is her hero and an inspiration.
I really love it. Or the fact that
I love Candy Crush. I play it
every day.
Who is your hero?
My hero is my mother. She
has always been there for me and
that was my goal to be there for
my child or my family needs. I
hope I have been able to do that.
NW Ga. unemployment rate
rises to 6.5 percent in Dec.
Pickens still lower at 5.5 percent than rest of region
Unemployment Rate by Counties December 2014
I 18.0% or greater
57 counties (36%)
M 7.0% to 7.9%
34 counties (21%)
■ 6.0% to 6.9%
36 counties (23%)
□ Less than 6.0%
32 counties (20%)
Percentages of number of counties
may not total 100 due to rounding
Georgia’s Unemployment Rate: 6.6%
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The Georgia Department of
Labor announced that the unem
ployment rate in the Northwest
Georgia region in December was
6.5 percent, up one-tenth of a
percentage point from 6.4 per
cent in November. The rate in
December 2013 was 7.2 percent.
The rate rose in December as
9,359 new claims for unemploy
ment insurance were filed, an in
crease of 6,180, or 194.4 percent,
from 3,179 in November. Most
of the increase in claims was be
cause of seasonal temporary lay
offs in manufacturing and con
struction, administrative and
support services, healthcare and
social assistance, accommoda
tions and food services, and
trade, transportation and ware
housing. Over the year, claims
were down by 1,602, or 14.6 per
cent, from 10,961 filed in De
cember 2013.
Metro Athens had the lowest
area jobless rate at 4.9 percent,
while the Heart of Georgia-Al-
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Who has been the most impor
tant person in your life? Can
you tell me about him or her?
The most important person in
my life is easy, that is my daugh
ter Mackenzie. I learn from her
every day. I was a single mom
for years, which I think made us
very close. She is a very calming
presence in my life, a special
mom and a great daughter.
What is one of the funniest or
most embarrassing stories
your family tells about you?
I am not sure I can pick one,
some days I think everything I do
is embarrassing or funny. I do
know that they pick on me a lot,
but we love that laughter and fim.
If you were stranded on a
desert island, what would you
want with you?
The desert island question is
funny because I have thought of
that before, you know when you
see something like that on TV,
what would you take? Well I
think I would need books, diet
coke and popcorn. I mean how
can you go wrong with those
choices?
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tamaha region had the highest at
8.8 percent.
Meanwhile, Georgia’s season
ally-adjusted unemployment rate
for December was 6.9 percent,
down from 7.2 percent in No
vember. It was 7.4 percent in De
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A national leader in job
growth for the past two years,
Georgia has been in the top 10
states for job creation every
month since October 2012. That
trend continued in December as
the state added 108,200 new
jobs, for a 2.7 percent growth
rate since December 2013. That
pushed the state’s job total to
4,196,400, the highest level since
4,202,100 in December 2007.
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data are not seasonally adjusted.
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